Day 2

Today I started Day 2 of my Dukan Diet. I decided to do a Blog because I was so motivated by other people's success, and I wanted to track my own progress to see what was working and what wasn't.

Yesterday was the first day of my Diet. My boyfriend is gone for 2 weeks, so I thought this would be the perfect time to put things in high gear and GO FOR IT! I was skyping with a friend who's been on the diet for some months with great success loosing over 30 lbs. She's a great inspiration and looks AMAZING, so I am hoping to follow in her foot steps and get to my goal which is almost 70lbs away.

If I think about the number it's overwhelming. It didn't pack on overnight, so I know it will take time, dedication, perseverance and tenacity, but I have to do it! I have given up too much and have the world to gain!

I will try to post what I eat everyday, so that others can follow the plan as well. I am also using "myfitnesspal", which I highly recommend to anyone trying to loose weight. It tracks your caloric intake and output, sort of like a free weight watchers.

I have found that, thus far, the diet is pretty simple to follow even in the "Attack Phase" where I am now. Basically, phase one is pure protein and nothing but protein. I am not much into sweets, so this hasn't been a problem and to be honest after living in Italy for 3+ years, I can take a nice holiday from the Carbs. I have notice that the hardest time for me is in the evenings, but I'm hoping as the diet progresses this will change. I am surprisingly under 1000 calories per day, and this is not on purpose. I just find that with protein, I eat more times per day, but smaller quantities, so maybe at night my body expects "the next meal". Yesterday's diet consisted mainly of tuna, eggs and grilled chicken breast. This morning I had dropped 1.8lbs, so lets see where this thing goes.

Food diary 1/13/12

Foods	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Generic - Coffee With 2% Milk, 1 mug (12 oz)	30	0g	1g	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Egg Land's Best - All Natural Large Eggs , 2 egg	140	0g	8g	12g	340mg	130mg	0g	0g
Lunch
Generic - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts-Raw, 4 oz	110	0g	3g	21g	60mg	260mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Homemade - Chicken Leg and Thigh Boiled, 1 leg quarter	190	0g	13g	19g	85mg	180mg	0g	0g
Home Made - Chicken Bone Broth, 2 cup**	80	0g	20g	7g	6mg	600mg	0g	0g
Snacks
Chobani - Greek Non-Fat Plain, 4 ounces	70	5g	0g	12g	0mg	53mg	5g	0g
Generic - Chicken Breast - Grilled, Skinless, 4 oz, 4 oz	150	0g	2g	24g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Starkist - Albacore Tuna (Solid White) In Water , 3 oz drained	105	0g	3g	20g	38mg	285mg	0g	0g
Egg Land's Best - Large Natural Egg (White Only, No Yolk), 2 egg	34	0g	0g	7g	0mg	110mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	909	5g	50g	122g	529mg	1,618mg	5g	0g

Exercises	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Dancing, general	222	30
TOTALS:	222	30	0	0	0

**Note for the dinner I took a chicken leg/thigh and boiled it-- I used the left over water as the broth-- not sure exactly how many calories that had. The broth was very good and curbed my appetite for a bit and then I had the leg/thigh